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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-21269

CVE-2018-21269

Description

checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.

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Affected products

3
  • Openrc Project/Openrc
    cpe:2.3:a:openrc_project:openrc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=0.42.1
  • Openrc/OpenRCcpe-rescue2 versions
    (expand)+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: <=0.42.1

Patches

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